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Let's go with your example. Let's say you have a 50% increased risk of alcoholism than the average population. What does that mean? If the probability of alco
by maratd 14y ago
Let's go with your example. Let's say you have a 50% increased risk of alcoholism than the average population.
What does that mean?
If the probability of alcoholism is the general population is 1% ... well, that means yours is 1.5% ... or still ridiculously small.
Obviously those are just numbers I'm using to illustrate a point, but you see where I'm going with this.
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